Louvre’s Surveillance System Password At Time Of Jewel Theft Was Dumber Than You Can Imagine
This makes a password like “1234” seem genius.
An employee of the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, revealed the password to the museum’s surveillance system. last month’s jewelery robberyAnd it’s pretty bad.
The password was “Louvre”, a personnel knowledgeable about the system he told ABC News on Wednesday..
Yes, you read that right: “Louvre.”
french exit Liberation We first reported the password based on confidential documents. Exit claims password was initially revealed During a 2014 audit by the French National Cyber Security Agency. And we guess no one has bothered to update it with anything with more characters, numbers, and symbols since then. “v0ulez-v0u$ c0ucher @vec m0i.”
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It is worth noting that it is unclear whether the password was activated during the robbery that the thieves stole last month. $102 million inside Napoleon jewels Within minutes, tourists broke in, using a basket lift, forcing a window and running amok in the museum’s Apollo Gallery.
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But this fun tidbit comes amid concerns about the security of the famous institution. Associated Press reporting at the time About the cartoonish robbery in which Louvre employees complain about the incompetence of workers and security personnel. Paris police even admitted that security at the Louvre was breached. It was pretty outdated..
Testifying before a French Senate committee last month, Laurence des Cars, the Louvre’s president and director, said the single camera installed outside the Apollo Gallery did not capture images of the window through which the thieves entered and exited, according to ABC News. Des Cars said the museum’s environmental security was poor “due to insufficient investment.”
He added that he was “appalled” by the museum’s security when he took office in 2021 and that it was one of his “top priorities.”
While the investigation into the theft continues, Authorities have yet to find the missing jewelsdespite 4 suspects were referred to the courthouse in connection with the robbery.
